Investment Treaty Arbitration

Salans' investment treaty arbitration practice is one of the finest in the world.  We uniquely combine senior lawyers with deep experience in international investment law and arbitration with world-class expertise in emerging markets and the resources of a global firm.

Representative public cases include:

• Counsel to African Holding Company of America in an ICSID arbitration against the Democratic Republic of the Congo under a bilateral investment treaty, regarding the collection of construction debts
• Counsel to European Media Ventures, a Luxembourg company, in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration against the Czech Republic conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, arising out of an investment in the Czech television industry
• Counsel to GEA Group, a German company, in an ICSID arbitration against the Ukraine in a dispute over the State’s acts in barring the investor from recovering an ICC arbitral award and other interference with its investment
• Counsel to Mobil Investments Canada Ltd. and Murphy Oil Corporation in an ICSID arbitration against Canada under the investment chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Counsel to the Republic of Uzbekistan and two state enterprises in ICSID and SCC arbitrations brought by Newmont Mining Corporation, a US company, under a bilateral investment treaty and a joint venture agreement; the case settled on terms highly favourable to the government
• Counsel to The Rompetrol Group, a Dutch oil group, in an ICSID arbitration against Romania for breach of various bilateral investment treaty obligations